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"How would you describe the sound of the didj?"

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As a drone almost kin to an unknown animal but with a mystic tone that can only be created by a man so its a mix of nature and human

Christopher from United Kingdom

Otherworldly

Christopher from USA

Meditative

Cindy from USA

Penetrating droning soothing

Cliff from USA

Peaceful and relaxing

Clint Beedy from USA

Organic earthy and raw.

Col from Australia

The sounds of the bush and the animals...

Connie from USA

Earthy

Craig Coussins from United Kingdom

A sound that takes you back into the arms of mother nature soft wind that expresses her emotion and a lullaby to soften your anger calm your senses and awaken your soul. The name seems to have originated in 1919 in a journal Smiths Weekly and was called an infernal didjerry which has one sound.

Crystal from USA

Low deep voice...

Anonymous

GUTTERAL

Anonymous

A melodic and rhythmic buzz as if coming from a hollowed out piece of nature.

Dan Lombardo from USA

I like this quote: "Imagine the sound a rock might make if it could sing  thats the didgeridoo"

Anonymous from Canada

Soothing growls

Daniel Johnson from USA

Calming and felt deeply within ones body.

Daniel Niles from United Arab Emirates

The continual stream of sound offers a different sense of "following the music" than other instruments.

Daniel from Germany

Resonate

Dave from Australia

Soothing and in tune with nature

Anonymous

Powerful yet relaxing

David from United Kingdom

If the Earth could speak it would sound like the Didge

David from United Kingdom

Resonant earthy evocative

David from United Kingdom

Depends on the person playing. From a fluid bass wave with an animated sound. At the other end a wet fart.

Anonymous from USA

It's a sound that resonates from your soul to the earth. It's like your true self is speaking to the harmony of nature. You don't really listen because when you hear it - it's like your already plugged in

Anonymous

Bass & rhythm a very natural sound reverberations

Derek from Canada

I would say it is a percussive rhythmic drone.

Des Holmes from United Kingdom

Electronic sounds from a natural wind instrument

Anonymous

Cannot

Anonymous from Kazakhstan

Dark strange healing cleansing otherworldly transporting

Doug from USA

Different But not bad

Douglas from USA

Ethereal

Dustin from USA

Deep low droning calming and beautiful.

Ed Huntley from USA

Low drone and melodic

Ed Olson from USA

The sound can be both relaxing and chaotic.

Eddy from Australia

Warm

Eduardo from Ecuador

Very intense and neat. The first time I heard it I knew it was a handmade instrument that produces sound from our earth

Eric from Canada

A drone. A deep vibration.

Eric from USA

Unique

Eric Westman from USA

Very deep mellow and harmonic low frequency.

Erica from USA

The sound is extremely unique. It sounds wild and haunting.

Anonymous

I love it makes me feel alive

Ewoud from Netherlands Antilles

Mind blasting

Fred Ashplant from USA

Gut deep mystical resonance

Fred from Netherlands

As if I'm flying over the clouds

Anonymous from Brazil

A stream of consciousness

Galen Wood from USA

I'm not very musical - interesting?

Gary Siegle from USA

Deep reverberating soothing mystical resonance

Glen Bzdel from Canada

Zen like

Gonzalo Gregori from China (pr)

Spiritually fulfilling

Graham Monteith from USA

It is a sound of it's own. I can't describe it really.

Greg from USA

The sound of a didj. is a very primal earthy sound that connects one to nature in a way that only a didj could.

Guido Cifali from Australia

Voice of the earth

Hans from Netherlands

Very natural earthing can be played very tranquilising but also very activating. But always very natural sound

Harry from USA

Australian

Helen from Ireland

Rhythmic primeval haunting

Howard Williamson from USA

A drone but with voicing's can sound like no other instrument.

Anonymous

Earth feeling

Hugo from United Kingdom

Ethereal

Ian from Canada

As varied as nature

Isabelle from France

Circular deep original hypnotic vibrant. It's like the sound of earth if earth could express itself

Israel from Spain

Its sound is a mix of electrical and ancient sound an amplifier of the sound form the soul's player

J from Australia

Enchanting haunting and exhilarating

Anonymous

Ship horn.

Anonymous

Unique

James from USA

Like a force of nature!

Anonymous

Primal

James Miller from USA

An extension of the soul.

Jason from Canada

A earthy woodwind sound. but most of all AWESOME!

Jeff from USA

The primal ohm of the earth

Jeff from USA

Awesome

Jenelle from USA

Distinct

Anonymous

Enchanting

Jeremy from USA

The sound of a Didgeridoo is a low pitched rumble or drone. It always reminds me of a the deep sounds you hear at night in a forest with that of thousands of animals all blending together into one uniform sound.

Anonymous

Haunting and soulful.

Jeshurun from USA

Power earthy deep resonating drone. steady flow and yet dynamic.

Anonymous

Fluttery bird like

Joan from USA

A beautiful droning sound

Joe from USA

Throaty insect drone buzzing of robot bees

Johan Pot from Netherlands

The most catchy basic hart drone.

Anonymous

More of a drum beat

Anonymous

LOW vibrating into your very essence

John from USA

Soothing and Relaxing

Jorge Alberto from Mexico

Its the vibration of the life its hypnotic sound. the vibration of the energy around

Josh Snyder from USA

Meditative

Judith from USA

Awesome lonely spiritual

Julio Peña from Paraguay

Diverse because it is very rich in colours of sound not just one sound as the majority of instruments

Justin Castillo from USA

Like singing from the deepest gut in your throat

Karl from USA

Buzzing

Katarina from Serbia

Mysterious

Kathleen Byham from USA

One of the most interesting eerie sounds ever to come out of an instrument. It ranges from a soft hum to a loud drone. From low pitch to a high pitch. No other instrument compares to its unique sound. Adding vocalizations contributes to this as well.

Kevin D Babiuk from USA

Hypnotic

Anonymous

Ethereal

Kim from USA

Somewhat like a flute maybe

Kyle from USA

A foundational drone accented with sounds generated from the imagination and character of the player. Above all an instrument that functions with the player at an "organic" level.

Laura from USA

Primal

Anonymous from Canada

Captivating

Levi from USA

Its a warm vibrating sound that pervades your hands and body as it's played. It gives a feeling of connectedness just by playing it.

Anonymous

Mournful

Lourenco from Brazil

Wonderful from inside of soul. I love!

Anonymous from Argentina

Deep strong relaxing...

Luis from Portugal

A low key hypnotic growl

Manuel from China (pr)

An earthy sound deep and mysterious. An ancient sound that wakes the primitive part of people... awareness of the surrounding environment.

Marc from USA

Sort of base horn-like. I do not know the actual terminology of music. But I like the Doggie MacLean song with the didj in it called "Tumbling Down." My favorite didj song is one that's just music. I hear it now and then on Celtic music stations but I can't remember the name or artist off the top of my head. In both those songs the didj sounds to me like a sort of deep bellowing type of horn which ebbs and flows.

Anonymous

Magical

Mario Bortoli from Italy

Deep vibrant and rhythmic

Mark Galvin from USA

Like Gregorian chanting.

Mark Leipfert from USA

Erie sound from a cave.

Mark from USA

Very earthy and primal.

Mateus Zica from Brazil

Transcendental and magical sound.

Matias from Argentina

Calming and relaxing.

Anonymous

Ephemeral

Maximiliano from Argentina

The call od the mother earth

Michael from USA

Earthy but other worldly.

Anonymous from USA

Earthy and loud

Mike from Netherlands

Deep spiritual sound on one hand and strong percussion instrument on the other side of the spectrum op playing.

Mike from United Kingdom

Resonating relaxing all pervading and healing.

Mike from USA

Ethereal

Mike from USA

Haunting

Nathaniel Curtis from USA

The most complex note known to man.

Neil from Australia

Beautiful warm relaxing meditating

Neil Gee from USA

A rumble that is not just heard but felt in the hands in the head in the body.

Nicholas Bottle from United Kingdom

Like nothing on this earth when played properly

Anonymous from USA

Primal

Omar L. De La Tejera from Mexico

The mixing result of the borrowed energy lended to you and the way mother earth feels you

Paleki Phaphapeuneua from Canada

I don't think I could begin to limit the beauty and complexity of the sound of a didgeridoo with words. I imagine it is what the very first sounds must have been like.

Patricia from USA

Earthy... organic

Patrick from USA

Drone soothing variable according to the player.

Patrick from Australia

Earthly-hypnotic

Patrick from USA

The first time I heard one I thought it was acustic dubstep. but I dont know a word to describe it except sacred. I feel like it a very grounding sound.

Pedro from Spain

A deep warm borromean rhythm.

Peter Koran from South Africa

Magical mystical

Anonymous from United Kingdom

A deep bass sound.

Petri from Finland

Overwhelming

Piergiorgio Fiorucci from Italy

The fusion of nature with the humanity in a sound

Anonymous from Australia

Haunting primal spiritual fantastic.

Richard from USA

Mesmerizing drone.

Richard from United Kingdom

An ancient haunting Earthy resonance.

Anonymous

Drone

Rob from USA

Deep rolling rhythmic depending on what you are playing- it's the sound of dreaming and sometimes memory.

Anonymous

A husky woody throaty sound a drone with a beat

Robbie Orth from USA

An old monk meditating on the highest peak in asia and listening to a rainforest at the same time

Anonymous

I have never heard a didj played. In fact I never saw one in person only in pictures.

Roberto Mojica from Puerto Rico

Emotional

Rod from USA

Hypnotic and soothing almost mournful not in a bad way though.

Anonymous from USA

Pleasant soothing

Rose from USA

Tranquil mellow.

Rual from USA

Soulful

Ruben Dewulf from Belgium

It's an earth grounded sound. It's like the sound of the belly of mother earth. Don't know how to explain. deep into the ocean

Anonymous

The low ground frequency of the earth

Safaa from USA

Deep ancient and earthy.

Sam from United Kingdom

Peaceful

Sergio from Colombia

Very soothing

Shawn from USA

Deep and resonating

Stefan from USA

Drone with intonations

Anonymous from Germany

Magic catching soothing depends on the music to me it is as if nature could articulate

Steffen from Germany

As warm grounds

Steve from USA

The sound of the earth

Stewart from USA

I prefer the yidaki and the NEAL style of playing. I feel energized when I hear a skilled yidaki player.

Susan from USA

Earthy exotic

Anonymous

Horn-like

Telfair Leimbach from USA

Swirling drone-like hollow and natural percussive and flowing

Tex from USA

Long moaning tone

Thomas from USA

Awesome!

Thomas from Germany

It's a unique sound that make almost everyone stop and listen for a while - soul touching I think

Anonymous from USA

The sound of the earth that you can feel through vibrations

Anonymous from Australia

Soothing

Anonymous from USA

Low earthy universal

Timothy Gatehouse from Us Minor Outlying Islands

An otherworldly mix of deep reverberating bass punctuated with surprisingly quick and high pitched grace notes. The sound of a Didj is drastically unlike almost any other instrument.

Todd from Australia

Beautiful...it's resonating and fills you and the air.

Anonymous

A sonic base and vibration like thunder in the distance

Anonymous

The didj is a kind of low drone combined with an endless succession of rhythmic tempos accented by sonic formats.

Tom from United Kingdom

A beautiful ancient sounds which let's you the listener feel connected to dreamtime. The drone produced is soothing hypnotic and healing. A didj played in the modern style can be exciting and produces a far greater richness to music than say a bass guitar.

Tony Kubiak from USA

A soul-drone.

Tony Miller from USA

Mesmerizing and extension from one's inner being with a cosmic influence.

Vance Blow from USA

Intoxicating hypnotic meditative earthy grounding.

Anonymous

Soothing

Anonymous

Close to the sacred "Om" sound

Anonymous

A deep drone which resonates to the very earthly core of one's body and mind enlivening the heart of one's spirit

Wilder Betancourth from Colombia

The universe talk and how GOD build everything

Anonymous from Canada

A pure vibration that resonates with every single particle of my body and soul.